Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino

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Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) is a socialist labor center in the Philippines, based in Quezon City. It was founded on September 2, 1993 as Bukluran ng Manggagawa para sa Pagbabago after a split in the left, with many members from KMU forming BMP to offer a united, non-sectarian approach for Filipino workers.

BMP has led several major worker campaigns:
- LAWIN: a broad alliance pushing for a nationwide P35 minimum wage; the government granted workers a P25 wage increase.
- Kilusang Roll Back: with Sanlakas, BMP helped create a movement to roll back fuel prices, contributing to a reduction of about one peso per liter during President Ramos’s term.
- EVAT opposition: in 1995, BMP campaigned against the Expanded Value Added Tax during Ramos’s State of the Nation Address.
- Anti-APEC protests: in 1996, BMP and allies organized a large caravan from Manila to Subic for the APEC Summit.
- TEMIC case: in 1997, BMP supported the dismissed workers of Telefunken Microelectronics (TEMIC) and led advocacy operations that pressured for reinstatement.

Political participation:
- In 1998, BMP joined Sanlakas in the party-list elections, with BMP leader Rene Magtubo taking a seat for Sanlakas.
- From 1999 to 2001, BMP participated in protests during President Estrada’s era, calling for broad political changes and the resignation of officials to overhaul the system.

Under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, BMP opposed several policies they saw as harmful to workers, including U.S. military actions in Iraq and the proposed National ID System.